Juan de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli
Juan Luis de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli, Grandee of Spain,, was a Spanish nobleman and Ambassador in Germanic countries.
He was born in Cogolludo, province of Guadalajara, the son of Don Juan de la Cerda, 5th Duke of Medinaceli, by first wife Donna Isabella d’Aragona, daughter of Don Antonio d’Aragona, 2nd Duke of Montalto. In 1580 he married Ana de la Cueva, daughter of Don Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque with whom he had one daughter. On 21 August 1606, he married for a second time, with Antonia de Toledo y Dávila, daughter of Don Gómez Dávila, 2nd Marquis of Velada and tutor of King Philip III of Spain, with whom he had one son. He died shortly afterwards.
